A Welsh family believes their cat Lucy has set a new record by reaching her 39th birthday. Her exact age isn't verified, but her owner says people "verify seeing her in the fish and chip shop in the early seventies."

In this video, kittens Charlie and Spike both become momentarily paralyzed as they play due to myotonia congenita or "fainting goat" syndrome. The condition is extremely unusual in cats and prevents them from running or jumping, but otherwise they're normal.

In this video from Bucharest, Romania, a cat tries to get free after getting caught in a window. Eventually a man helps it down, which is a much better idea than "film the cat struggling." Click to watch. [CBS News]

After Socks, the Clintons' cat, died in February his ashes were spread in the flower garden of the Arkansas governor's mansion. A memorial plaque now hangs outside the mansion and his urn is at the Clinton Presidential Library. [NY Times]